Sung Tieu

Sung Tieu

BornNationalityBased In
1987GermanBerlin, London
Biography

Sung Tieu (b. 1987, Hai Duong, Vietnam) lives and works in Berlin, Germany and London, UK. Tieu’s work takes place at the intersection of her personal experiences, global history, and the cultural incursions of European art traditions. Her immersive installations result from her research of the dynamics of hegemonic globalised capitalism, working through and with spatial dislocation while paying heed to the cultural testimony of the Vietnamese diaspora communities in Germany. Through the personal lens of post-colonial identity and cultural membership, she upsets the status of objective narrative and of proof when science works at the service of sociopolitical agendas. While addressing social and cultural class divides in both contemporaneity and recent history, Tieu’s work foregrounds the ways evidence is manipulated in imperialist violence both of physical and psychological nature. ...

Selected Artworks
Un)Kraut
Sung Tieu
Un)Kraut, 2023
41.2 x 55.2cm
Robotron
Sung Tieu
Robotron, 2021
9.5 x 27.5 x 39.3cm
Inner Wheel Nicholas Tammens Natal Chart (6) 6 May , Tue 20:00 AEST - 10:00 Burnie, Australia 41°S04' 145°E54' Geocentric Tropical Porphyry True Node Outer Wheel Exhibition Natal Chart (8) 31 Oct 2021, Sun 20:00 CET-1:00 Berlin (Ost), Germany 52°N32’ 013°E25’ Geocentric Tropical Porphyry True Node
Sung Tieu
Inner Wheel Nicholas Tammens Natal Chart (6) 6 May , Tue 20:00 AEST - 10:00 Burnie, Australia 41°S04' 145°E54' Geocentric Tropical Porphyry True Node Outer Wheel Exhibition Natal Chart (8) 31 Oct 2021, Sun 20:00 CET-1:00 Berlin (Ost), Germany 52°N32’ 013°E25’ Geocentric Tropical Porphyry True Node, 1989
10 x 10 x 1.25cm
Beige, White, Beige
Sung Tieu
Beige, White, Beige, 2023
35 x 30 x 3.6cm
Views From A Sedan Chair, (End)
Sung Tieu
Views From A Sedan Chair, (End), 2025
200 x 100 x 0.5cm
Monopole d’État
Sung Tieu
Monopole d’État, 2025
46.8 x 207 x 64cm
Anti-Trauma Walk
Sung Tieu
Anti-Trauma Walk, 2025
2.5 x 520 x 480cm
Views From A Sedan Chair, (Midway)
Sung Tieu
Views From A Sedan Chair, (Midway), 2025
200 x 100 x 0.5cm
Gallery Representation
Biennals
Sao Paolo Biennial2021 - São Paulo
Kyiv Biennale2021 - Kyiv
Kyiv Biennale2021 - Kyiv
Sao Paolo Biennial2021 - São Paulo
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